The news of Luo Shixin's vanguard's defeat in the battle immediately reached the Zhao army's headquarters that was advancing.

Li Shimin led 500 Xuanjia Army to ambush 3,000 Zhao army cavalry and succeeded, which surprised the Zhao army. When he swept across Hebei, the Zhao army defeated Dou Jiande and Liu Heita, and fought along the way. However, the defeat in the outpost battle is unacceptable, which is particularly unacceptable to the generals of the Zhao army, especially the defeat of the Tang army far inferior to that of the Tang army on its own.

Luo Shixin, the vanguard leader and deputy vanguard, was nervous when Qia Shu came to the camp. Qia Shu was injured, which was fine, but Luo Shixin couldn't help but lose face when he saw that he was safe and sound.

After entering the tent, he immediately felt the look of the Zhao army general Wenchen sitting on the left and right looking at him. Luo Shixin felt very uncomfortable, but he clasped his fists and said, "The sinner will meet His Majesty."

Luo Shixin did not bow down. According to the ceremony of the Great Zhao, soldiers, generals, and generals who met the emperor, could not bow down to the emperor.

Li Chongjiu said: "You will tell me about the battle between Sishui and your colleagues."

Luo Shixin nodded and said clearly immediately.

General Zhao Quanting, a general on the side, said: "General Luo, since the leader of Qia Shu army was not imprisoned, he was attacked by the Tang army. It is really unbelievable."

"Being defeated by a disadvantaged army does not mean that his army is incompetent."

"Although my Zhao army cannot be defeated, it is so embarrassing to lose. Humph, I think it will be necessary to withdraw the organization."

Several cold test voices said, Luo Shixin glared at the man with anger when he heard this, "I have fought a defeated battle, you have to beat or scold me, but I have nothing to say, but the soldiers under my command are all heroes, but you can't insult them. They have indeed tried their best."

After hearing Luo Shixin say this, Qi A Shu, who was still injured, said: "Your Majesty, this battle is the responsibility of the last general, but there is no one who is afraid of death if we have the Xi cavalry in our room. If we want to blame and punish, we should come to me alone."

When Li Chongjiu heard the two generals' speeches, he said immediately: "I heard that the Tang cavalry you encountered was the Xuanjia Army?"

Luo Shixin said: "Our army and the Tang army are in a dignified manner, so we can see clearly that the Tang army cavalry are extremely skilled in fighting horses, but they may not be wearing black armor. Some of their war horses are carrying armor, and some are not defeated armor. I dare not judge that they are the elite Xuanjia Army of the Tang army."

Xue Wanshu told Li Chongjiu: "This is similar to the information about our army's trampling on the White Army and conducting a meeting. The Xuanjia Army is just a title. But not all soldiers are wearing Xuanjia."

"Xuanjia Army!"

The generals of the Zhao army whispered, and Xue Wanshu said, "As for the strength of the Xuanjia Army, you have seen in the documents issued just now, this is the elite of the Li Tang selected the Turks, Xianbei, and the Li family corps, as well as the elite of the Tang army's Guanzhong Prefecture Army."

When all the generals nodded when they heard this.

Zhang Xuansu said on the side: "The military strategy is that generals cannot predict the enemy. If you use a young man to unite the crowd, attack the strong with a weak man, and if you have no choice of a front, you will be the North. Li Shimin was not defeated in Luoyang. If you want to rush to Hulao to support Hulao, you must choose elite soldiers and strong generals. He is not only selecting a front from the army, but also having a mindless plan. I think Luo Shixin and Qia Shu have done their best."

After Zhang Xuansu finished speaking, several more people begged for Luo Shixin and the others, hoping to excuse him.

Li Chongjiu looked at Luo Shixin and Qia Shu said, "No matter what Xuanjia or Xuanjia Army, our army and the Tang army first fought, and the two of them were defeated first, which ruined our army's spirit. He sent the order to remove Luo Shixin from his position as Ying Yanglang General, and Qia Shu also removed the position of military commander and demoted them to one level. He made meritorious service on his crimes."

Luo Shixin and Qi A Shu did not look dissatisfied at all, and they clasped their fists and said, "No, Your Majesty."

After hearing Li Chongjiu's death, the generals were still severely punished the two generals, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for him. At that moment, there was a silence in the tent.

Wei Zheng said: "Our army failed in the first battle. I wonder how to defeat the enemy if we want to attack Hulao Pass?"

Xue Wanshu said: "I think the Tang army is not a silence. Li Shimin is the best at cutting off people's food routes. If he took our army to stand beneath the Hulao City and sent cavalry to harass the food routes behind our army, our army would not have to mobilize troops to protect the food routes behind our army. With such a division of troops, we would not have enough troops to attack Hulao."

Ji Chuan said: "At present, in Hulao Pass, in addition to Li Shimin's 3,500 elite cavalry, there should be a total of 10,000 Tang troops in total. If you want to break through Hulao before Luoyang falls, you must send at least 30,000 to 50,000 to 50,000."

After hearing what Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan said, Xue Wanche smiled and said, "Don't forget that we still have turbulent bombs, which is very effective in siege."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly, but he didn't say anything.

On the Yumen Ferry at the north gate of Hulao Pass, dozens of Tang army ships with white sails were slowly approaching Yumen Ferry.

On the deck of the first ship, Huang Junhan, the chief marching officer of the Tang army Huaizhou Road, stood on the battleship with his arms folded and his hands behind his back. The river wind stormed, and Huang Junhan's face was calm and he looked at Hulao City not far away.

As one of the eight general managers of the Tang army to fight against Luoyang this time, Huang Junhan was already a sensational figure before entering the Li Tang Dynasty.

When Yang Guang was still in power, Huang Junhan was just a prisoner in the city of Dongjun County. At that time, the county court was punished and the matter should be executed. At that time, Huang Junhan, a prisoner, saw that he was brave and was a strong man. The censor sneaked in in the middle of the night and said, "The situation of heaven and human affairs are still unknown. How can you die in prison?"

The other party replied: "I am now like a pig in a prison, life and death are yours."

At that moment, Huang Junhan released the other party, and followed him into the grass, fled to Wagang, Dongjun, and became a thief. The person Huang Junhan saved was Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang Village. Later, Zhai Rang was killed by Li Mi, and Huang Junhan, who was acquainted with Zhai Rang, excluded Li Mi and led his army to the town. After Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, Huang Junhan surrendered to Tang and was named the general manager of Huaizhou.

This time, when attacking Wang Shichong, Huang Junhan sent troops from Heyin to lead the Zhou army to attack Huiluo City. The city of Huiluo City was broken, and captured Zheng's general Da Xi Shanding, burned down Heyang's South Bridge, cut off Luoyang's ties with Hebei, and made great contributions.

Now that Li Shimin led his army to Hulao Pass, he ordered Huang Junhan to lead his navy troops downstream to transport food and grass for Hulao Pass.

Huang Junhan's Tang Army Navy arrived outside Hulao Pass and Li Shimin personally met on the shore.

Huang Junhan immediately politely said, "See Your Highness the King of Qin!"

Li Shimin grabbed Huang Junhan's hand and smiled heartily and said, "With the navy of General Manager Huang is here, the Huzhu is safe."

Huang Junhan lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "The King of Qin is too honorable. I heard that the King of Qin defeated the vanguard of the Zhao army in a battle. I will congratulate you at the end."

When Li Shimin heard this, he put away his smile and said solemnly: "It's just a small victory. Zhao's army is in Hulao Pass, showing and laying out the formation. It's very powerful, and it's not easy to defeat."

Huang Junhan said: "His Highness of the Qin King, the two armies stand together, and the focus is on the food route. With me, the Zhao army on the front line must supply grain according to Liyangcang. If I lead the navy to cut off the connection between Henan and Hebei, the Zhao army will be defeated."

As soon as Huang Jun finished speaking, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui laughed loudly.

Huang Junhan did not lose his fist because of the other party laughing, and said, "Your Highness, if what the last general said is wrong, please give me some advice."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "It's not that it's wrong. Xuanling and the others laughed nothing, but that your and my opinion coincides with each other!"

After hearing this, Huang Junhan quickly lowered his head and said, "I will hit you by chance."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be too humble. Now Gu just depends on your navy. I hope you can win this battle for Gu. I heard that Zhao's army has thousands of warships, are you sure to win?"

Huang Junhan said high, "I started my robbery ship in Wagang, and there was no one on the water of the Yellow River. Although your highness, although there were not many dozens of warships under his command, they were all the ones who followed them for many years and were good at water warfare. The captain Zhang Yasha was even more inappropriate."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "But Zhang Yasha, who captured Da Xi Shanding alive?"

"That's right, Yaksha is just his nickname. It's said that he is brave and good at fighting. Over time, I forgot my true name. Although the King of Qin and Zhao's army have many ships, the Hebei army is good at bows and horses, but short of water battles. When Cao Cao conquered Eastern Wu, the 200,000 army was defeated by the local conditions. Secondly, it is mostly merchant ships, cargo ships, and passenger ships. Most of the sailors are hired by the people. Without the battle formation, they are definitely not the opponent of my subordinates."

When Li Shimin heard Huang Junhan say this, he looked at Fang Xuanling with pleasure. Du Ruhui said, "Xuanling, Keming, what do you think General Manager Huang is saying?"

Du Ruhui said: "General Huang's eyes were like a torch, and he could see through the pros and cons of the two armies at one glance. How can the King of Qin not use such a general?"

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Keming's words are in line with my heart. Mr. Huang is alone in your life..."

While he was speaking, a captain suddenly reported to Hulao Pass: "Your Highness, the Zhao army fleet appears downstream of Hulao Pass!"

Huang Junhan said in surprise: "Did Zhao Jun actually ask for a fight?"

Li Shimin led everyone to the north watchtower city, but saw that the Yellow River was covered with Zhao army warships.

Du Ruhui said in disgrace: "His Royal Highness of Qin, how could the Zhao army's fleet have five-toothed ships? There are still two more ships. This was used by Yang Sugong to conquer Sui in the past!"

Li Shimin did not say a word. The background of the Zhao army fleet was obviously much beyond his expectations. He couldn't figure out that Hebei was not Jiangnan, but Li Chongjiu had such a huge navy.

On the side of the Zhao army fleet, two five-toothed ships were eye-catching.

On each Five-Toothed Ship, five hundred Zhao soldiers were in charge of the ship, and the Five-Toothed Ship could actually accommodate 800 soldiers.

Cheng Mingzhen, the chief supervisor of the Zhao army, stood proudly above the head of the Wuya ship, and on the left were the Zhao army naval divisions, Zhao Xin, the county magistrate of Donglai County, and Zhou Zuojiang from the Ministry of Works.

Cheng Mingzhen surrendered from the Xia army and was promoted to the chief supervisor of the navy by Li Chongjiu. It was when he was full of energy. More than 200 warships behind him, more than 100 of which were the sea ships that Zhou Zhou spent a year restoring in Donglai County.
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